Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description

Selection of topic with supervisor to perform research in the selected area. Findings are presented and defended in a thesis and viva presentation.

Study-unit Aims:

The aim of the dissertation is to provide students with the opportunity to specialize within a topic of artificial intelligence by conducting research in it. Students are thereby also exposed to the scientific research process, acting upon a proposed research idea by executing it through its implementation and evaluation, finally culminating in the presentation and defense of the resulting research findings.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding:By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

- Critically analyze literature;- Identify and discuss open research problems;- Build upon existing experimental solutions to propose novel ones for open research problems;- Execute experimental solution ideas through software implementation/ experimentation/mathematical proofs;- Analyze research findings in order to draw conclusions;- Present research findings through scientific writing and oral presentations with due precision and scientific rigor in relation to the dissertation topic.

2. Skills:By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

- Propose new ideas within research proposals;- Conduct scientific research under supervision;- Provide the technical know-how as part of academic/industrial research projects or commercial initiatives related to the dissertation topic.

Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:

As advised by the dissertation supervisor.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

**Resit Availability: Students who fail to obtain an overall pass mark will be re-examined in the Dissertation. However, the resit availability for the Oral Examination and Presentation is at the discretion of the Board of Examiners.

STUDY-UNIT TYPE

Dissertation

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT

Assessment Component/s

Assessment Due

Resit Availability

Weighting

Report

See note below

Yes

10%

Research Paper

See note below

Yes

10%

Dissertation, Presentation and Oral Examination (See Add. Notes)

See note below

**

80%

Note: Assessment due will vary according to the study-unit availability.

LECTURER/S

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Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.
It should be noted that all the information in the study-unit description above applies to the academic year 2019/0, if study-unit is available during this academic year, and may be subject to change in subsequent years.